How long to type a 15,000-word report at 60 wpm?

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You type at a steady 60 words per minute and need to produce a 15{,}000-word report (ignoring breaks and editing). Solve in your head. Roughly how many hours of typing is that? Aim: under 20 seconds.

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At 60 words per minute, minutes and words line up nicely: \frac{15{,}000 	ext{ words}}{60 	ext{ wpm}} = 250 	ext{ minutes.} Convert to hours: \frac{250}{60} \approx 4.2 	ext{ hours.} Takeaway. A rate of 60 per minute is secretly "1 per second," so 60 wpm also means 3{,}600 words per hour, divide the word count by 3{,}600 to get hours directly (15{,}000 / 3{,}600 \approx 4.2). Anchoring on the per-hour figure often skips a step.

How long to type a 15,000-word report at 60 wpm?

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